Water Choices V
Draft Agenda
Friday, September 21, 2012
Straughn Extension Center, University of Florida, Gainesville
8:30 – 9:00 AM Coffee and Registration
9:00 – 9:15 AM Welcoming Remarks, Dr. Teresa Balser, Dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Florida IFAS and Ernie Cox, Chair of Board of Directors, Florida Earth Foundation.
9:15 – 9:45 AM Keynote Address, Richard Budell, Director, Office of Water Policy, FDOACS
9:45 – 10:45 AM Defining Florida’s Water Challenges – Moderator: Richard Hamann, Member of Governing Board, St. John’s River Water Management District; former Senator/Governor Bob Graham; Ann Shortelle, Executive Director, Suwannee River Water Management District
10:45 – 11:00 AM Break
11:00 AM– 12:00 PM Case studies of Public-Private Partnerships in Water Resources – Benita Whalen, SFWMD; Ernie Cox, Family Lands Remembered LLC (L-8); Rush Childs, Cardno-Entrix.
12:00 – 1:00 PM Lunch - Announcements
1:00 – 2:00 PM The Role of Science in Florida’s Water Choices – Dr. Mark Clark, Professor, Soil & Water Science Department, University of Florida; Dr. Edward Lowe, Director of Research, SJRWMD; Dr. Paul Gray, Audubon of Florida
2:00 – 2:45 PM Framing a Collaborative Effort for Solutions – Greg Munson, FDEP; Rich Budell; FDOACS; Bob DeMott, ENVIRON; Hans Tanzler, SJRWMD
2:45 – 300 PM Break
3:00 – 4:00 PM Breakout Sessions with leaders
Creating a knowledge clearinghouse for creating public-private partnerships to solve water challenges – Dr. Wendy Graham, Director of the Water Institute at UF and Keith Rizzardi, Asst. Professor, St. Thomas University School of Law
Establishing a cross-agency coordination council for private lands engagement in water solutions – Tom Logan, Dennis Breedlove Associates and Todd Powell, Plum Creek
General Public and Leadership Knowledge Dissemination – Luna Phillips, Gunster Yoakley and Kirk Martin, CDM Smith
4:00 – 4:30 PM Reporting and Setting the Stage for Water Choices VI
4:30 PM Adjourn
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| Friday, September 21, 2012 |
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| 8:30 AM to 4 PM |
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| Straughn IFAS Center |
| 2142 Shealy Drive |
| Gainesville |
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